Functional assessment of intestinal motility and gut wall inflammation in rodents: Analyses in a standardized model of intestinal manipulation

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 67, 2012, Pages

  Vilz, Tim O ^a   Overhaus, Marcus ^a   Stoffels, Burkhard ^a   von Websky, Martin ^a   Kalff, Joerg C ^a   Wehner, Sven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Gastrointestinal transit; Gut wall; Immunology; Intestinal inflammation; Intestinal manipulation; Issue 67; Medicine; Muscularis externa; Physiology; Postoperative ileus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868282334     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/4086     Document Type: Article

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